1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 9, 12:55 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 155 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2003 KEPT MENTION OF PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING PER LATEST SURFACE DATA. PER LATEST SATELLITE DATA, THERE WILL BE BROKEN CLOUDS AT TIMES TODAY, BUT PARTLY SUNNY MAY STILL BE OKAY. PER RECENT GFS RUNS, HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL KEEP THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY DRY INTO THE WEEKEND. HIGH PLAINS FRONTAL BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY NOT REACH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY UNTIL LATE SUNDAY, SO DELAYED MENTION OF CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES, AS LATEST MOS CONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER AND PAST RUNS. ...GIORDANO .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-080930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 528 AM EDT MON SEP 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Route 32 and several roads flooded by overflowing Blackwater River.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, September 2003
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